Data breach at Central Maine Healthcare exposes patient information


Central Maine Healthcare says an unauthorized party gained access to its network on March 19th, and they kept that access until June 1st.

After a weeks-long shut down of phone and online services, Central Maine Healthcare officials say patient data was likely compromised during a two and a half month period where a hacker gained access to the hospital system’s IT network.

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Source: MSN News


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